We are presently using a study by Paul David Tripp entitled "The War of Words". It is a study that often makes you go "Ugh" about your own words and tremble at the words of Jesus who said that we shall be judged for every careless word we speak (Matt. 12:36-37).
Our words are either weapons that attack and destroy, or they are acts of worship that honor the Cross of Christ by either declaring the gospel, defending the gospel or giving grace to those around us in the form of teaching, rebuking, correcting, training (II Timothy 3:16), and encouragement and perseverance (Romans 15:4).
To see all of my words through those two lenses (weapons or worship) is humbling. Too often my words are jagged and crude weapons to fight for my own glory rather than words of worship to lift up God's glory.
Below is a picture of what too often seems to happen to others when I speak. May God give to me Cross-centered words of worship- especially with my own family.
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